Sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter: May 14, 2023

'Paul’s appeal worked, the Gospel bore fruit, even in the place where Greek philosophy held sway. And it bore fruit because Paul came to common ground with his hearers, piqued their curiosity, and made his confession, encouraging them that what he was saying really wasn’t so different after all. They could then see, if they had the vision to do so, that the confrontation to which they were called was not a face-off with an angry man, but with a merciful, just, and loving God.'

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The Holy Communion on the Sixth Sunday of Easter: May 14, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

 

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Evening Prayer: Wednesday, May 10, 7 p.m.

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“O God, of your goodness, give me yourself, for you are enough for me… If I do ask anything less, I shall always be in want. Only in you I have all.” - Julian of Norwich (1343-1416), Anchoress

Julian lived in Norwich, England during the dark days of the Black Death in Europe. Falling ill at age 30, Julian experienced a series of visions so profound that she devoted the remainder of her life to contemplating them. Julian recorded these visions and mediations in a book titled Revelations of Divine Love and her writings are the earliest known works in English by a female author. Julian lived in a small cell on the side of the Norwich cathedral, keeping only a cat for company. She devoted her life to prayer and meditation and discipled those who sought her counsel and wisdom. (From 'Our Church Speaks' on Facebook)

Sermon for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 7, 2023

'These images (for the Church) of body and temple are important for us today, but they might be hard for us to understand. In our age of what the philosophers call ‘the sovereign self’ we have almost completely rejected the idea that meaning in life is to be found beyond the satisfaction of individual desires, the exercise of our individual freedoms, the achievement of individual goals, and the fulfillment of individual aspirations... It is almost as if we believe that a field full of separated, disparate, disjointed rocks is a more beautiful and noble thing than a place where the stones are molded and shaped and joined together into a place fit for habitation.'

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The Holy Communion on the Fifth Sunday of Easter: May 7, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

 

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The Holy Communion on the Fourth Sunday of Easter: April 30, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

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